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Welcome to A3 Insider - your weekly newsletter on automation news, business insights and emerging tech trends. It’s compiled each week by the Association for Advancing Automation’s Director of Education Strategies Robert Huschka and delivered directly to your inbox. Email him with news tips or suggestions at rhuschka@a3automate.org.

NOV. 16, 2018 EDITIONTake a peek at the robots of the future
The top research universities in the country are working on the innovations of tomorrow, from self-driving cars to surgical snakes to search-and-rescue robots.Plus: Universal pickups Rethink employees, Toyota invests in AI, and a tribute to Stan Lee.READ THIS EDITION

AUG. 17, 2018 EDITIONWill space defense be good for business?
There’s no question that the U.S. has critically important national security interests in Earth orbit. If there is a U.S. Space Force to protect them, could the aerospace industry be the big winner?Plus: Exoskeletons, grocery robots, 3-D printed BMW parts.READ THIS EDITION

AUG. 3, 2018 EDITIONWhere are our robot friends?
Ok, so we don’t have Rosie from the “Jetsons” yet. But that isn’t deterring some big pockets from trying. Several tech giants are pouring HUGE money into secret projects to develop home robots.Plus: Blockchain disruptions, the new chief scientist, a cybersecurity initiative and green jeans.READ THIS EDITION

July 27, 2018 EDITIONThere's a storm coming - and it's a trade war
A White House economic advisor says that President Trump is not going to back down on this issue with the Chinese. “They're picking the wrong customer, I’ll tell you that — you know how intense he is on this issue.”Plus: A robot DRAGON, the road to digital manufacturing and 5 vision solutions.READ THIS EDITION